Howard Stern To 'American Idol?' Producers Want Him

nypost.com:

"American Idol" producers are eager to hire Howard Stern to replace Simon Cowell as the show's tough-talking judge, sources tell Page Six.

An insider said that producers of the hit Fox show say Stern, America's highest-paid radio personality, is their top choice to take over from Cowell, who leaves at the end of this season. They approached the King of All Media after he repeatedly mentioned on-air that his exclusive Sirius XM Radio deal expires next January and he was ope

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Comments

[DesertRatTwo]

11:36 PM on 03/23/2010

Simon says it's just a rumor, and I hope he's right. American Idol is a "family show" and Stern is NOT a family show type of person. Actually, I think he's kind of vulgar.

If Stern replaces Simon, this family will no longer watch.

[Bailey Reynolds]

03:03 PM on 02/07/2010

American Idol has totally jumped the shark. Whether this is true or not.

[RobinL]

02:59 PM on 02/07/2010

Ugh. I can't stand this guy for how he's glamorized the sex industry. Too bad for Idol!

[lawgrrl]

09:22 PM on 02/07/2010

Have you actually listened to the interviews­---they actually debunk the "glamorous­" thing when he talks to the girls. I think you should actually listen to his show (the entire show) before you make a generalize­d statement like that. Just sayin.

[CharlottesvilleVA]

08:03 PM on 02/06/2010

The day that happens, American Idol will be dead to me. I was one of the lucky few who heard him berate his former wife, live on DC101, the morning after she miscarried­.

Stern is sub-human.

[RevBookburn]

07:48 PM on 02/06/2010

Isn't Cartman available?

[PETA Griffin]

07:57 PM on 02/06/2010

It's hard to animate on live TV.

"It's a tremendous strain on the animator's wrists" - Great Simpsons line.

[Majus]

06:49 PM on 02/06/2010

Stern? Gag!

[maybell]

05:36 PM on 02/06/2010

I think Howard is the perfect replacemen­t for Simon! He is the obvious choice and I hope he does it.

[Ruby52]

05:35 PM on 02/06/2010

Howard Stern and Ellen Degeneres? I would watch.

[Majus]

06:49 PM on 02/06/2010

Only if they're having s.e.x.

[Ruby52]

02:29 PM on 02/07/2010

Ellen wouldn't let him near her.

[edrice222]

04:44 PM on 02/06/2010

Stern is a really sleazy guy. So Idol would have a really mean, really sleazy judge! Not appealing!

[lawgrrl]

09:24 PM on 02/07/2010

Have you ever bothered listening to his show? Even I listened to several entire Rush Limbaugh shows before criticizin­g him. It's time in my life I won't ever get back unfortunat­ely, but at least I can render an informed opinion.

[edrice222]

12:20 AM on 02/08/2010

It's fine that you like Stern. You're entitled to your opinion. As I am to mine. Yes, I've listened to his show, and watched him in the old days. Did you hear him berate his former wife after she miscarried­? Apparently another reviewer is aware of this also and found it disturbing­. It was really distastefu­l. Shocking in fact. Do you like what he's done to promote the sex industry? As a matter of interest, why are you speaking in his favor? Just curious!

[2000watts]

02:14 PM on 02/06/2010

He'd definitely be nastier than Simon. Maybe too nasty it'd be a turn off.

[amypost]

09:37 AM on 02/06/2010

Well, if they're going for tell-it-li­ke-it-is to replace Simon, oh wait, what am I saying!? Simon can't be replaced, he was the center piece of Idol and once he's gone I don't think the show will last, Stern would bring in a new crowd and I think we'd see a lot of various http://mov­ies09.com/­2010/02/05­/if-howard­-stern-wer­e-to-repla­ce-simon-c­owell-on-%e2%80%9ca­merican-id­ol%e2%80%9­d-what-kin­d-of-judge­-would-he-­be/ performers­, but who knows, maybe a new twist is exactly what the show needs to bring back it's ever dwindeling audience.

[skippy20008]

07:34 AM on 02/06/2010

Hmm...well­, if anyone can do it, it would be Howard. I don't think he can pull it off, though. Frankly, Simon is American Idol.

[IDIOTA]

03:30 AM on 02/06/2010

The one season I watched Idol, I found myself agreeing with Simon most of the time. He assesses fairly. Give me 100MM, and I'll replace Simon.

[IDIOTA]

03:26 AM on 02/06/2010

Rush isn't the highest paid radio personalit­y? Rush is not the King of All Media? Huh? I only watched one season of Idol -- the best one, I am told, yet I still missed the final -- but I think that Howard Stern would fit right in because he doesn't have the "decency" to lie about shoddy performing­.

Rush couldn't do it because his hearing was oxydized.

[JenniferEccles]

06:41 AM on 02/06/2010

Rush couldn't do it because he doesn't have the intellectu­al capacity.

[JaneaneTheAcerbicGoblin]

02:25 AM on 02/06/2010

It would get high ratings for a couple of weeks, then the whole show would go down the tube.